"Mr. Johnson was furious that the superintendent had gone into one of the schools without his permission and the board asked the superintendent if he would notify the board before he went to a school," Hennesy says. "That's an example of where our problem is."

The district's problems could hurt business recruitment in a county otherwise known as business-friendly.

"I know that many people in the community that haven't been that involved in the school system are starting to get frustrated," Hennesy says.

SACS says, it'll monitor Coffee County over the next six to twelve months.

In 2008, the association pulled the accreditation of Metro Atlanta's Clayton County Schools.

The incident led to a law taking effect in July that allows the Governor to intervene when a school system is in trouble.